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Regor
Regor: the blue star of Vela
blue · Vela · γ Vel
Regor is a blue star in the constellation Vela, one of the stars with a proper name recognised in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. At magnitude 1.75 it is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky.
Most stars in the sky are anonymous points of light. Regor is not. Some IAU-recognised names are ancient; others were adopted by the IAU only recently. Either way, the star already has a scientific identity, and a dedication attaches a human story to it.
Real star · Personal dedication · Recorded in the AsterNym registry
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Regor at a glance
- Constellation
- Vela
- Other name
- γ Vel
- Catalogue number
- HIP 39953
- Distance
- ≈ 840 light-years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 1.75 naked-eye
- Star type
- WC8+O7.5
- Colour
- blue
- Best seen from
- The Southern Hemisphere and lower northern latitudes
- Right ascension
- 08h 09m 34s
- Declination
- −47° 20′ 11″
J2000 catalogue coordinates that can be independently cross-checked against astronomical databases. A planetarium app showing coordinates of date will differ slightly, because proper motion and precession move a star’s apparent position over time.
What kind of star is Regor?
Regor is catalogued as a blue star and its spectral type is not cleanly classified in the data behind this page, so what follows stays with what has been measured rather than what could be inferred from it.
The light you are looking at is old
Regor is about 840 light years away, so the light reaching you now set out around 1186. You are not looking at the star as it is. You are looking at the star as it was, and there is no way to see it any other way.
That delay is the part people find hardest and like most. A star is the one thing you can give someone that was already old before either of you was born and will outlast anything else you could have chosen.
It is also one of the brighter stars in the sky, which is why it carries a proper name at all rather than a catalogue number.
What could a Regor dedication represent?
Regor is especially meaningful for someone who:
- · Deserves something older than any gift shop
- · Marks a beginning, an anniversary or a promise
- · Is remembered every time you look up
- · Has a light you want recorded somewhere permanent
Dedication idea
“For the one I think of when I find Vela in the sky.”
Where can you see Regor?
It is easy to see from much of the Southern Hemisphere. It can also appear from lower northern latitudes, but it never rises for observers north of about latitude 43°N. It passes directly overhead at latitude 47°S. It stands highest at midnight in January, so January and February evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 1.75 it is an easy naked-eye star from any reasonably dark spot.
Regor belongs to Vela, where it is the brightest star.
What does Regor mean in astrology?
The classical fixed-star tradition: Ptolemy, the medieval Behenian lists, Robson’s 1923 compilation. Is silent on Regor, and we don’t invent lore where none exists. What astrology can still read is the star’s real position, below.
Projected onto the zodiac the way fixed-star astrology reads any star, Regor stands at 27° Leo at the J2000 epoch, and the Sun passes that degree around 17 August in the years around 2000. Fixed-star longitude shifts slowly against the tropical zodiac because of precession, about one degree every seventy-two years, so a natal conjunction must be calculated for the birth year rather than read off this J2000 value or a calendar date.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. The position and dates are computed.
Dedicate Regor to someone who matters
A flower fades. A card is eventually put away. A star gives your message a place in the sky.
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Dedicate Regor →Real star · your message · a page to share
Your Regor dedication includes
- Your chosen dedication name
- Your personal message
- Regor's real astronomical coordinates
- A shareable dedication page
- Its location on the AsterNym Galaxy Map
- An optional printable certificate and gift presentation
Regor keeps its established astronomical name. Your dedication is a personal commemorative record within the AsterNym registry.
Frequently asked questions about Regor
- What does Regor mean in astrology?
- The classical fixed-star tradition has no documented meaning for Regor. Projected onto the zodiac, Regor stands at 27° Leo, and the Sun passes that degree each year around 17 August.
- Is Regor the brightest star?
- Regor shines at magnitude 1.75 · visible to the naked eye on a clear night, one of the few thousand stars with an officially recognised name.
- How far away is Regor?
- Regor is approximately 840 light-years from Earth. The light reaching us tonight began its journey around 840 years ago.
- Which constellation contains Regor?
- Regor is the brightest star in Vela.
- Can everyone see Regor?
- It is easy to see from much of the Southern Hemisphere. It can also appear from lower northern latitudes, but it never rises for observers north of about latitude 43°N. It passes directly overhead at latitude 47°S. It stands highest at midnight in January, so January and February evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 1.75 it is an easy naked-eye star from any reasonably dark spot.
- Is dedicating Regor an official astronomical renaming?
- No. Regor keeps its internationally recognised astronomical name. An AsterNym dedication records your personal name and message in the AsterNym registry without changing the star's scientific identity.
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